Sr. Advisor, Portfolio Management

Key Responsibilities

• Lead trading and asset optimization strategy for ACCIONA’s renewable asset portfolio.
• Execute power transactions, manage portfolio and hedge positions, and oversee short-term trading and risk management strategies across bilateral, exchange, and OTC markets.
• Develop, execute, and monitor hedging, congestion management, and optimization strategies for renewable and energy storage portfolios, including management of volume, shape, price, basis, congestion, and operational risk exposures through instruments such as FTRs and ARRs.
• Design and execute Day-Ahead and Real-Time bidding strategies using analysis of congestion, transmission conditions, outages, weather, generation forecasts, grid operations, and market fundamentals.
• Identify and evaluate structured offtake, origination, co-location, and portfolio monetization opportunities in support of commercial and risk management objectives.
• Develop and maintain relationships with trading counterparties and market service providers.
• Report trading activities, position updates, and relevant risk items through internal governance and risk committee processes.
• Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, technology changes, and portfolio needs to recommend and adapt trading strategies.

Qualifications

• Required Skills and Competencies:
  • 5–10 years of experience in electricity markets, trading, asset optimization, portfolio management, or related commercial energy roles.
  • Strong understanding of electricity market dynamics, grid operations, congestion, basis risk, dispatch, renewable generation, and power market fundamentals.
  • Strong knowledge of asset-backed trading, risk management practices, and execution of transactions within established governance frameworks and risk limits.
  • Strong quantitative, analytical, and financial modeling skills, including the ability to interpret market signals, analyze large datasets, identify trends, and generate actionable trading insights.
  • Experience developing and executing bidding strategies in Day-Ahead and Real-Time power markets, evaluating structured hedge products (e.g., swaps, options, collars), and working with battery storage optimization preferred.
  • Knowledge of ERCOT, PJM, SPP, MISO, and AESO electricity markets preferred.
  • Experience with programming languages, data analytics tools, and/or market or data query platforms preferred.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly present trading strategies, risks, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic, and technically complex environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.

Pay & Benefits

Base Pay: $150,000 - $190,000
Annual Performance Bonus (based on individual performance and company metrics): 15%

• Day 1 Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), HSA company contributions, and FSA options.
• Benefits after 90 days: 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting, life insurance, disability coverage, paid parental leave, and other optional plans.
• Paid Time Off: 15 days of PTO (with 1 additional day per year of service), 9 public holidays, and 2 flexible holidays.
• Health, Wellness, or Fitness Reimbursement: $50 monthly reimbursement for health, wellness, or fitness-related memberships and equipment.

Job Location

55 E Monroe St, Suite 2900 Chicago, IL 60603